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> I've spent 30+ minutes debating what to watch... This is something I've personally wanted to dive into the psychology of more. Maybe it's just me, but I've

> I've spent 30+ minutes debating what to watch... This is something I've personally wanted to dive into the psychology of more. Maybe it's just me, but I've noticed that - in the days of streaming and everything being on-demand - picking what to watch is actually very frustrating to me. Quite often, I'd much rather just browse "live" TV and stop on something I like. I'd never think to myself "I feel like watching The Goonies". But if I'm flipping channels and The Goonies happens to be on - 20 minutes into it - I'll stop there and absolutely enjoy watching the rest of it. I wonder why that is.

intended 2y ago
Decision fatigue is part of it. There is probably some research that directly taps into it, I did come across and adjacent research paper - “ New contexts, old heuristics: How young people in India and the US trust online content in the age of generative AI” https://arxiv.org/pdf/2405.02522 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2405.02522 The indication is that people consume content online in different modes based on their objectives. Perhaps the mode of consumption for food decisions / streaming decisions is part of the category where we dont want to work very hard to get to an answer.